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class Post

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Represents an individual Post item within a conversationThread entity in the Office 365 API, inheriting from the Entity base class.

File:
/tf/active/vicechatdev/SPFCsync/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/office365/outlook/mail/post.py
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4 - 5
Complexity:
simple

Purpose

This class serves as a data model for Post objects in Office 365 conversation threads. It provides an abstraction layer for interacting with individual posts within threaded conversations, such as those found in Outlook groups or Teams channels. The class inherits all functionality from the Entity base class, which typically provides common operations like CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations, property management, and API communication capabilities for Office 365 entities.

Source Code

class Post(Entity):
    """Represents an individual Post item within a conversationThread entity."""

Parameters

Name Type Default Kind
bases Entity -

Parameter Details

__init__: The constructor parameters are inherited from the Entity base class. Typically includes context (API connection context), resource_path (the API endpoint path for this post), and optionally properties (initial property values for the post object).

Return Value

Instantiation returns a Post object that represents a single post within a conversation thread. The object provides access to post properties (like body, sender, timestamp) and methods inherited from Entity for interacting with the Office 365 API.

Class Interface

Methods

__init__(context, resource_path=None, **kwargs)

Purpose: Initializes a new Post instance (inherited from Entity base class)

Parameters:

  • context: The client context for API communication with Office 365
  • resource_path: Optional API endpoint path for this specific post resource
  • kwargs: Additional keyword arguments for initializing entity properties

Returns: A new Post instance

Attributes

Name Type Description Scope
body ItemBody The content of the post, including content type (text/html) and the actual content string instance
from_property Recipient The sender of the post, containing email address and display name information instance
received_date_time datetime The timestamp when the post was received instance
conversation_thread_id str The unique identifier of the conversation thread this post belongs to instance
has_attachments bool Indicates whether the post has any attachments instance
attachments AttachmentCollection Collection of attachments associated with this post instance

Dependencies

  • office365

Required Imports

from office365.entity import Entity
from office365.outlook.mail.post import Post

Usage Example

from office365.graph_client import GraphClient
from office365.outlook.mail.post import Post

# Authenticate with Office 365
client = GraphClient.with_username_and_password(
    tenant='contoso.onmicrosoft.com',
    client_id='your_client_id',
    username='user@contoso.com',
    password='password'
)

# Get a specific post from a conversation thread
group_id = 'group-id-here'
thread_id = 'thread-id-here'
post_id = 'post-id-here'

post = client.groups.get_by_id(group_id).threads.get_by_id(thread_id).posts.get_by_id(post_id)
post.get().execute_query()

# Access post properties
print(f"Post body: {post.body.content}")
print(f"From: {post.from_property.email_address.address}")
print(f"Received: {post.received_date_time}")

# Create a reply to the post
reply = Post()
reply.body = {'contentType': 'text', 'content': 'This is a reply'}
post.reply(reply).execute_query()

Best Practices

  • Always authenticate and establish a valid ClientContext or GraphClient before attempting to instantiate or work with Post objects
  • Use the execute_query() method after operations to commit changes to the Office 365 API
  • Access Post objects through their parent conversationThread entity rather than instantiating directly
  • Handle API rate limits and implement retry logic for production applications
  • Check for null/None values when accessing optional properties like attachments or extended properties
  • Use appropriate permissions scopes (Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All) when accessing group conversation posts
  • The Post class inherits all Entity functionality, so familiarize yourself with Entity base class methods for property access and API operations

Tags

office365 microsoft-graph conversation thread post messaging outlook entity data-model api-wrapper

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